If a little vitamin A is good, more must be better, right? Wrong! New research published online in the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows that vitamin…
This professional conference organized by the Deutschsprachige Anwendergruppe für Softwaremetrik und Aufwandschätzung e.V. (DASMA) will offer a comprehensive…
“There is much mention of efficiency without further definition of the concept, but it influences and is influenced by the organisation's structure, leadership…
Questionnaire data on asthma in 9 and 12 year old twins was linked to the national Swedish Medical Birth Registry which records, amongst other data, birth…
Volcanoes that tend to show this kind of behaviour include Mount Vesuvius in Italy, Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines and Mt. St. Helens in the USA. Professor…
Understanding how the human biological clock works is an essential step toward correcting sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. New insights about the…
Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in…
Mark Bellis worked with a team from Liverpool John Moores University and Trading Standards (North West) to survey the teens' alcohol consumption patterns,…
In the first major study to examine the effects of climate change on ocean fisheries, a team of researchers from UBC and Princeton University finds that…
An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in…
This discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance scientists' understanding of how young children's brains develop as well as…
Getting off the couch could lead to a longer life for kidney disease patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of…
“Leptin receptor expression may be a useful molecular marker in predicting the level of aggression of Middle Eastern thyroid cancer that can help guide…
But it is not an effect of climate change but rather of increased inputs of nutrients and fertilisers. This is the finding of researchers at the University of…
Takuzo Aidagroup directorEmergent Materials DepartmentResponsive Matter Chemistry and Engineering Research GroupRIKEN Advanced Science Institute“The appeal of…
There are rules governing which types of connections should be established, although it remains unclear how neurons ‘know’ these rules. “Recognition seems to…